Shore Juniper

Juniperus conferta

Found in roadsides. FloraQuest, phone app (app page) What its natural habitat tells you

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Not native

Not native to Alabama. How scores work Is it native here?

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At a glance

Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Light · Soil · Life cycle · Leaves

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Recorded in 5 Alabama counties.

Natural habitats

Places it grows wild. Not a planting requirement. Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

Ground opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots.

All habitats

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

30CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including AL

Genus host records with ranges including AL · Juniperus

Callophrys gryneusJuniper Hairstreak
Acronicta americanaAmerican Dagger
Callophrys augustinusThe Brown Elfin
Callophrys niphonPine Elfin
Digrammia continuataCurve-Lined Angle
Eacles imperialisImperial Moth, Imperial Spiny Caterpillar
Elaphria versicolorVariegated Midget
Elasmopalpus lignosellaLesser Cornstalk Borer
Eupithecia miserulataCommon Eupithacia, Common Pug
Glena plumosariaCedar Grey, Dainty Gray

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Glyphidocera juniperellaJuniper Tip Moth
Henricus edwardsianaContrasting Henricus
Hyphantria cuneaFall Webworm
Lambdina fiscellariaHemlock Looper, Western Oak Looper
Lithophane lemmeriLemmer's Pinion
Macaria distribuariaSouthern Chocolate Angle
Macaria multilineataMany-Lined Angle
Oiketicus abbotiiAbbot's Bagworm Moth
Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-Marked Tussock Moth
Palthis angulalisDark-Spotted Palthis
Papilio troilusSpicebush Swallowtail
Patalene olyzonariaJuniper Geometer
Platynota stultanaOmnivorous Leafroller
Prochoerodes lineolaLarge Maple Spanworm Moth
Spodoptera latifasciaOrange-Striped Armyworm, Velvet Armyworm Moth
Spodoptera ornithogalliYellow-Striped Armyworm Moth, Cotton Cutworm
Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformisEvergreen Bagworm Moth
Coleotechnites obliquistrigella
Isophrictis similiella
Periploca laeta

Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)

—BeesSoutheastern regional records

—Specialist beesPollen specialists

23BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

Recorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim · Juniperus

Bombycilla cedrorumCedar Waxwing
Sialia sialisEastern Bluebird
Turdus migratoriusAmerican Robin
Cathartes/coragyps spTurkey/Black Vulture
Catharus guttatusHermit Thrush
Catharus ustulatusSwainson's Thrush
Coccothraustes vespertinusEvening Grosbeak
Cyanocitta stelleriSteller's Jay
Cyrtonyx montezumaeMontezuma Quail
Dendragapus obscurusDusky Grouse

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Empidonax alnorum/trailliiAlder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill's Flycatcher)
Empidonax flaviventrisYellow-bellied Flycatcher
Falcipennis canadensisSpruce Grouse
Ixoreus naeviusVaried Thrush
Loxia leucopteraWhite-winged Crossbill
Meleagris gallopavoWild Turkey
Mimus polyglottosNorthern Mockingbird
Myadestes townsendiTownsend's Solitaire
Pinicola enucleatorPine Grosbeak
Sturnus vulgarisEuropean Starling
Tachycineta bicolorTree Swallow
Tyrannus tyrannusEastern Kingbird
Vireo solitariusBlue-headed Vireo

Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)

Direct food only: birds recorded eating this genus across North America. Caterpillars on host plants also feed nesting birds. NC Native Plant Society: butterfly gardening

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family: Cupressaceae

Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.

Conservation status

Alabama rank	Not available
Global rank	Not available
AL status	Not verified
Federal status	Not verified

Conservation source

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